Minnesota man sentenced 15 years for child porn charge
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Fulda, Minnesota, man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for exchanging pornographic photos and videos online with an 11-year-old victim in Boone County., according to a press release.
Douglas Howard Canfield, 56, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 15 years in federal prison without parole and eight years of supervised release, according to a press release.
On March 1, 2022, Canfield pleaded guilty to attempting to produce child pornography. Canfield admitted he sent pornographic photos and videos of himself to the victim and solicited pornographic photos from them. Canfield communicated with the child victim over the Fastmeet dating application on their cellphone. Canfield engaged in explicit conversations in 2019.
In July 2019, the Boone County Children’s Division received an anonymous report about the child’s online activity. A Boone County sheriff’s deputy contacted the victim’s mother, who turned over the phone to investigators and allowed them to examine it.
Investigators identified Canfield, who was contacted by the FBI in Minnesota. Canfield allegedly admitted to investigators he used the Fastmeet application to communicate with several minor females and solicited photos from them.
